I Do Not Own CSI
"Why don't we go to the park" Gil suggested. It had been two weeks since Sara and the babies came home from the hospital. Between feedings, diaper changes and watching Matthew Sara and Gil were exhausted, happy but exhausted
"You want to go to the park, why?" Sara asked rocking Gracie in her arms; Wyatt was sleeping soundly in the bassinette while Matthew played with his trucks on the floor
"Because Bruno needs a good walk and I am sure Matthew would love to play at the park for a few hours, plus this will give one of us a chance to spend some one on one time with him so he doesn't feel left out" Gil explained hoping she would agree
"I guess we could go for a little while, I need to get out of the house anyways before I go to stir crazy" Sara replied back while setting Gracie down in her bassinette
"What do you say Matthew, want to go to the park and play on the swings" Sara said squatting in front of him
"Park Park Park" Matthew said clapping his hands in excitement
"Ok, why don't you find you're shoes little man" Sara said rubbing his hair as he ran into the kitchen where his shoes were parked at the back door
"And why don't you get the stroller ready while I get these two bundled up"
"Sounds like a plan, I'll help Matthew with his shoes and then we'll meet you out front in a few minutes" Gil said walking into the kitchen
"OK you two, time for you're first visit to the park" Sara cooed to the two sleeping infants, picking Wyatt up and wrapping him snugly in a fluffy blanket and then doing the same with Gracie
"Hey Catherine" Gil said on his cell phone, trying to unfold the stroller
"Hey Gil, so did you find a way to get Sara out of the house for a bit"
"Yeah, were going to the park as soon as I get the stroller unfolded so you have probably have a little more then a hour to set up and get everyone here before we get back" Gil said while he succeeded in unfolding the stroller
"Yay daddy" Matthew said from his spot perched on the step, clapping as Gil got the stroller ready
"Thanks buddy, so can you get everything done in a hour, I can keep my cell phone on me if that helps" Gil said pushing the stroller to the front of the house, Matthew in tow
"Sounds good Gil, the guys and I will be there in a few minutes and everyone knows that today was the shower for Sara, all there waiting for is our call. Don't forget to leave a key under the flower pot"
"I won't, just get here quick, I don't want someone breaking into my house before you get here"
"Were already driving, see you soon" Catherine said hanging up, Gil doing the same just as the front door opened
"Hey who you talking too" Sara asked handing him Wyatt
"Catherine, she had a question about bugs. Ready to go" Gil bluffed as he strapped Gracie in next
"In a second" She said just as she whistled for Bruno who was at her side in a flash
"Now I'm ready, come on let's go"
It took a little longer to get to the park because Gil had to carry Matthew part of the way but as soon as the small slide came into view Matthew was wiggling to get out of Gil's grasp
"Daddy slide" Matthew said excitedly, pulling Gil's hand for him to walk faster
"Looks like were going to the slide, are you ok here" Gil asked as Sara parked herself on a picnic table under a tree, unclipping Bruno so he could go sniff around. Luckily there were not many people at the park so Bruno could wander a bit
"Yeah we'll be ok here, I'll just watch"
"Daddy slide" Matthew said a little impatiently
"Go play with you're son"
"Yes mam, ok Buddy let's play on the slide" Gil said to Matthew who ran as fast as his tiny legs would take him to the little slide
"Up, up, Up" Matthew said holding his arms up so Gil could put him on top of the slide
Sliding down, Gil caught the giggling boy
"Adain adain" Matthew said already back at the stairs
For the next twenty minutes Sara gazed at her two sleeping babies and then to Matthew and Gil who were laughing like hyenas as Matthew slid down the slide for what had to be the 100th time
"Mommy tom play" Matthew asked as he and Gil made there way back to the table to get a quick drink of water
Raiding as eyebrow to Gil who nodded, Sara took Matthew's hand and took him to the swings. Strapping him into the baby seat Sara pushed him
"Higher mama" he called giggling
"Just a little" She said enjoying the sound of Matthew's laughter
"More more" Matthew laughed, apparently the boy loved the rush of swings
"How about an underdog" Sara said as she pushed him high and ran underneath the swing. The high pitch of his squeal made Sara realize 'he's going to be a dare devil when he's older'
"Sara I think we should head back soon, the twins are getting that I'm going to cry really loudly because I'm hungry look on there faces" Gil said watching the two scrunch there faces
Looking at her watch Sara agreed, it was almost two, right around the time they woke up for a feeding
"Ok come on buddy it's time to go" Sara said taking his little hand and then feeling him halt behind her
"No, wan ta stay" Matthew said holding his ground
"We'll come back again but it's time to go home now, we can play at home" Sara said looking at him straight in the eye
"Wan ta stay" Matthew pleaded with tears in his eye
"We'll come back another day, promise but we have to go home now, Gracie and Wyatt need to eat and I'm sure you could use a snack" Sara said as she hears the first baby start crying
"Cookies" Matthew asked
"One cookie now come on let's go home" Sara said signalling for Gil to start walking while she pulled a sullen Matthew behind her
"Come on Bruno" Sara called to the dog that came running towards her, clipping on his leash she let Matthew help walk the dog
Walking into the garage, Sara picked up Gracie who was starting to cry loudly while Gil grabbed up Wyatt
"Shh, everyone I hear them" Catherine said to the large group of people that were standing in the living room
"Come on buddy, daddy will get you that cookie while I feed you're brother and sister" Sara said as she opened the door, crying baby in hand as the gang all yelled
"Surprise, happy baby shower" which caused the crying to become louder
"Wow" Was all Sara could say as Gil who held a whimpering Wyatt and a slightly grumpy Matthew
"Ahh Sara are the babies ok" Greg asked over the crying
"Yeah, there ok, hungry but ok" Sara said slightly bouncing the baby, making her way over to sit in between Lisa and Antonio
"OK I have to nurse so anyone who doesn't want to see look away now" Sara said unbuttoning her top while Gil placed Wyatt in her arms so she could nurse both at once. Gil smiling as most of the men turned there heads blushing because they saw Sara's breasts
"Can you hand me a blanket please Gil so the Warrick, Nick, Greg, Hodges, Dave, Archie, and Bobby can turn around. Seems like there a bit shy when it comes to the female body unlike Antonio, Jim and Doc here" Sara said smiling as the five men turned around slowly, red still on there cheeks
"Oh come on guys it's not like non of you have seen breasts before, and I'm just nursing, there's nothing for you or I to be shy about" Sara said at the now relaxed men watching as Gil took Matthew into the kitchen to get Matthew a cookie
"It's not that we haven't seen breasts before Sara it's just that we haven't seen yours, and the fact that there so ahhh" Hodges stammered
"Gigantic" Sara finished smiling along
"So who planned this little shin dig here" Sara asked looking at Catherine who was sitting with Wendy, Mandy, Sofia and Lindsay
"Lindsay and I will take the credit thank you very much" Catherine said looking over to see Antonio and Lisa both watching Sara as she shifted the babies under the blanket
"You ok there Sara" Antonio asked
"Yeah, just not used to having to cover up, I like to see there faces when there eating so that I know when there done" she said in explanation
"Well I'm ok if you don't want to cover up, nothing I haven't seen before anyways" He said smirking
"Yeah" She asked
"How about anyone who is uncomfortable with Sara nursing go into the other room" Lisa suggested to the men who surprisingly all stayed and continued there conversations
"What's it feel like Sara" Lisa asked curiously watching as the two babies suckled from her breasts
"Like someone is sucking with all there might on my nipples" she said as Gil walked in with a much happier Matthew, cookie in hand
"You ok now Matthew" Sara asked as he made his way in front of her, touching Gracie with his free hand
"Daddy give me cookie" Matthew said raising his cookie
"Is it good?"
"Yep" Matthew replied while walking towards Greg and pulling on his hand
"Trucks" He said
"OK let's play" Greg said sitting down with the dump truck
"So Sara how is life with two babies and a two year old" Catherine asked smiling, sitting down opposite of her
"Long, stressful, no sleeping, but an experience to remember" She said as she pulled Gracie from her breast
"Who wants her" She asked
"Oh, me please" Antonio asked holding out his hands as she was slowly placed in his arms
"You may want a burp blanket, she tends to spit up" Sara said as she silently asked Gil to get Antonio a blanket
"Here, trust me you don't want to smell like baby spit up" Gil said handing him the blanket that he threw over his shoulder
"Ok got another one, who's up" Sara asked as she tucked herself back in and buttoned her top up
"Can I hold him" Lindsay asked
"Yeah" Sara said passing the baby over to Lindsay who already had a blanket over shoulder
"Wow, my arms are free" Sara said stretching out her arms to see Matthew playing with Greg and Gil talking with Jim and Doc
"So Gil how's family life" Doc said smiling already knowing the answer
"Tiring but worth it, Matthew is great and the babies amaze me everyday, I think I am actually dreading coming back into work on Monday"
"The great Gil Grissom, work alcoholic Grissom, doesn't want to come in to work on Monday" Jim said causing the others to look at him
"Don't give me that look, this place is a lot better then work" he said causing the others to laugh in response
"Ok so we didn't have a shower for you before you had the babies because we didn't know what they were going to be so with the help of Lindsay and Gil on the sly we arranged a shower for you Sara" Catherine started
"But don't worry everyone there is no games" and with that everyone let out a breath
"But there are presents" Catherine said placing the first gift in Sara's hands
"It's from Lindsay, Antonio and I" Catherine said as Sara looked inside the bag, having everyone's attention
"Oh Catherine there beautiful" Sara said holding the hand knit baby sweaters up, one pink one blue
"My mother made those for you Sara" Antonio said smiling as Gracie let out a loud burp
"She doesn't get that from me" Sara chuckled
As she opened the rest of the gift, inside were a few more baby outfits and the smallest pair of shoes anyone had ever seen
"Thank you" Sara said in complete kindness
"Gil get over here and help me open these" Sara asked as Lisa got up and moved over to the other chair so Gil could sit beside Sara
"Ok this one is from Wendy and David" Gil said looking at the card and smiling at the pair, he knew they had the same push pull relationship he and Sara had for so long and he wondered how long it would take before David made a move
"What's a muffin mat" Gil asked looking at the large round circular pillows
"It's for when the babies get a little bigger and needing tummy time, put them on top of that and they have a soft surface" David explained as the others looked at him
"What, that's what it says on it"
"Ok back to gifts, oh this one is for Matthew
Matthew come here baby, there's a gift for you" Sara said to the boy who came bouncing over
Helping him with the gift Sara pulled out a brand new car
Matthew's eyes were big as he took it and rolled it on the ground
"Matthew say thank you to Greg" Sara said
"Tanks Greg"
"You're welcome buddy" He said looking at the now very happy boy
"I figured everyone would be getting the babies a gift so I got Matthew one for becoming a big brother" Greg explained causing Gil and Sara to smile
"Good idea Greg" Gil said picking up another gift
"From Nick and Lisa" he said handing one half over to Sara to open
Inside were two large quilt blankets
"There storybook quilts, they start and finish the story with the pictures" Lisa explained as Sara read them over, smiling when she saw they were about caterpillars becoming butterflies
"There beautiful, thank you" Sara said handing the blankets over to Gil so he could read and watching him smile as he read them through
"OK this one is from Jim and Warrick" Sara said looking at the two large gifts in front of her
"We both didn't know what to get so we put our heads together and picked out something" Warrick said as Gil and Sara each opened a box to reveal a play center that had three stages to it, the first one for when the babies were small so they could lay underneath it, the second so that they could sit in it and play and the third so that it became a little play station that could fold in and out
"Wow guys, thanks I'm sure these will come in handy in a couple months" Sara said looking over the box
"Yeah, thanks you two" Gil aid agreeing as the next gift was opened, it was from doc and David
"Sara my wife loved this when we had babies and the clerk told us it work for twins as well" Doc said as Gracie was placed into his arms
"Wow it's been awhile since I have held a baby" He said cooing to the little girl
"And I didn't have the time to get a gift so I went in with Doc" Dave added
"That's ok Dave" Gil said as he watched Sara open the gift containing a baby sling for Sara and a baby carrier for Gil
"Well we know who is wearing which one Gil" Sara said handing over the front carrier and keeping the sling to herself
"Sure honey" Gil said rolling his eyes as Sara picked up the last gift from Mandy and Bobby
"We figured since everyone else went together we would too, hope you like it" Mandy said as Sara pulled out a diaper bag that had a little bit of everything, from a thermometer and Nail clippers to pacifiers and rattles
"Thanks guys" Sara said smiling
"You're welcome, now someone pass over a baby" Mandy said looking at Nick to pas over Wyatt
"Oh we have something to ask some of you" Gil said gaining everyone's attention
"We have picked out god parents and hopefully there willing to do it" Gil said, making Catherine sit on the edge of her seat
Making her suffer a bit Gil started with Nick and Lisa
"Would you two be Wyatt's god parents" Gil asked
Looking at each other Nick smiled
"We would love to Griss" Nick said smiling
"Antonio, would you be Gracie's god father" Sara asked
"In a heart beat Sara, I would be honoured" Antonio replied as he looked at his God daughter in Catherine's arms
"Cath, would you be her God mother" Sara asked smiling as Catherine looked down to the sleeping baby
"You bet Sara. You hear that baby girl, I'm you're god mother which means you can tell me anything and I mean anything and you don't have to worry about me telling you mommy and daddy" Catherine said speaking to the baby and looking up to see Sara and Gil staring back at her
"Ok I'll keep most of it to myself" She said seeing the slight looks of relief on Sara and Gil's face
Seeing the somewhat hurt look on Warrick and Greg's face Sara nudged Gil to speak up
"Greg, Warrick" Gil started
"Nah, it's ok Griss really" Greg said playing with Matthew
"Guys"
"No Sara, really it's cool, we get why they were picked"
"Guys would you just listen for a second" Sara said causing them to look up and face her
"Thank you, what we wanted to say was we did choose you, for Matthew. Daniel never got the chance to give him god parents; he was waiting until he came back. I think Gil and I were supposed to be his god parents but seeing as were now mom and dad to him he needs his own set of God parents as well. So would you do Matthew the honour of being his God Parents" Sara finished, smiling at the slight shock on there face
"You hear that buddy, I'm going to be you're god father" Greg said to Matthew smiling
"Dod fadter" Matthew asked
"Yep, and were going to have a blast"
"And I'm going to be right there with you Greg" Warrick said coming to sit with the two on the floor
"And you Jim, you get to be grandpa" Gil said causing Jim to laugh
"I'm ok with grandpa" Jim said as Wyatt was passed over to him
For the next few hours babies were passed and food was eaten until the babies started to fuss again
"I think that's our queue to leave" Greg said passing Gracie over to Sara while Warrick passed Wyatt to Gil
"Jeeze thanks guys" Gil said sarcastically
"Any time Griss" Warrick replied
"But seriously everyone thank you for all you're gifts and coming and playing with the babies for the day, it was a nice break" Sara said rocking Gracie, watching as everyone slowly
"Hey Sara if you want I can come give you a hand sometime next week since Gil's at work" Lisa said hopefully.
Sara sensing that Lisa needed another female to talk to agreed
"Sure, just give me a call but don't make it a late one, I'm in bed early right now" Sara said yawing
"We'll do, bye Gil" Lisa waved as Nick took her hand and led her towards there car
"Thank you Catherine, this really was a nice surprise and a needed break for a few hours" Sara said hugging her
"And you" She said to Antonio
"Call you're mother and tell her thank you for the sweaters for me, they really are beautiful"
"I will, now go feed those babies and then got to bed"
"That's the plan" She said as Antonio escorted Catherine and Lindsay out to there car
"See you at work on Monday Griss" Warrick said kissing Sara on the cheek
"You bet, have a good night at work guys" Gil said as Warrick and Greg walked out
"We will, see ya later" Greg called over his shoulder
"Well it's time for grandpa to leave" Jim said giving Sara a peck on the cheek and brushing Gracie's cheek with his finger
"I think I'm going to like being grandpa, thank you for that" he said with a little tear in his eye
"We wouldn't have it any other way Jim" Gil said shaking his hand
"See you at work then" Jim said bringing himself back together
"Monday I'll be there" he said as the smiling detective made his way out the door
"Well if you feed these two I'll get Matthew into bed" Gil said closing the door as Gracie's cries started to intensify and Wyatt who was close to joining her
"Then bed" Sara suggested
"Then bed"
Ok everyone, the story is back
Sorry for the delay today, I was writing this and then I got caught up watching John and Kate plus 8 and I got distracted
Hope you enjoyed, next Matthew is going to start potty training while Nick starts to freak out about becoming a dad, so stay tuned
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Katie